A Diamante In The Rough - Performance Trends

Nitrous off, RM's NSX was still one of the quickest Motor Trend has tested, blasting the quarter mile in 13.6 seconds at 105.6 mph. With the nitrous on, it ripped off a 12.3 at 113.7 mph. With its 4.0-second 0-60 blast, this is an NSX that can slay even the occasional Viper. And MT's test driver Mac DeMere believes his acceleration times could be even better with some practice. RM claims only a 70-horsepower gain for the nitrous system, but the performance indicates about 100 horsepower beyond the '92 standard 270 horsepower are available.The nitrous system simply swamps the NSX's VTEC system when it's engaged; the driver never feels the engine transition to the second cam profile. But that's okay. When you're going this fast, who can feel anything except exhilaration?

Stock

Stock

RM Racing

RM Racing

'92 NSX

'97 NSX-T

NSX

NSX

w/o Nitrous

w/Nitrous

ACCELERATION, sec

0-30, mph

2.0

1.8

1.9

1.5

0-40, mph

3.0

2.7

2.8

2.0

0-50, mph

4.2

3.7

3.9

3.0

0-60, mph

5.6

4.8

5.3

4.0

0-70, mph

7.1

6.3

6.6

5.0

0-80, mph

8.8

7.9

8.4

6.4

0-90, mph

-

9.6

10.5

7.9

0-100, mph

-

11.8

12.6

9.4

1/4 MILE, sec/mph

13.9/102.1

13.3/106.7

13.6/105.0

12.3/113.7

BRAKING, 60-0, ft

111

120

121

121

SLALOM, 600-ft, mph

69.1

69.5

69.4

69.4

SKIDPAD, 200-ft, lateral g

0.93

0.94

0.96

0.96

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